Comments for LabCAST http://labcast.media.mit.edu The MIT Media Lab Video Podcast Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:38:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on #43 New Media Medicine by peter nicks http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=105&cpage=1#comment-7705 peter nicks Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:38:49 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=105#comment-7705 Great post John. We're on it @ www.whatruwaitingfor.com Another "room!" Great post John. We’re on it @ http://www.whatruwaitingfor.com
Another “room!”

]]> Comment on #41 Catalytic Cracking by LabCAST: Media Lab Podcasts Preview the Future « Slice of MIT by the Alumni Association http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-7693 LabCAST: Media Lab Podcasts Preview the Future « Slice of MIT by the Alumni Association Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:56:05 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=94#comment-7693 [...] Catalytic Cracking, Associate Media Lab Director Andy Lippman points to common flaws plaguing all U.S. institutions as [...] [...] Catalytic Cracking, Associate Media Lab Director Andy Lippman points to common flaws plaguing all U.S. institutions as [...]

]]> Comment on #42 Chameleon Guitar by LabCAST: Media Lab Podcasts Preview the Future « Slice of MIT by the Alumni Association http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100&cpage=1#comment-7692 LabCAST: Media Lab Podcasts Preview the Future « Slice of MIT by the Alumni Association Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:51:05 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100#comment-7692 [...] Chameleon Guitar, developed at the Media Lab, combines traditional acoustic values and digital capabilities. Hear [...] [...] Chameleon Guitar, developed at the Media Lab, combines traditional acoustic values and digital capabilities. Hear [...]

]]> Comment on #43 New Media Medicine by LabCAST: Media Lab Podcasts Preview the Future « Slice of MIT by the Alumni Association http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=105&cpage=1#comment-7676 LabCAST: Media Lab Podcasts Preview the Future « Slice of MIT by the Alumni Association Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:10:17 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=105#comment-7676 [...] New Media Medicine research group is working on technologies that will enable radical new collaborations between [...] [...] New Media Medicine research group is working on technologies that will enable radical new collaborations between [...]

]]> Comment on #42 Chameleon Guitar by The Friday Post #39: Two Notable Blogs, Chameleons, Guitars and Drunks « EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100&cpage=1#comment-7589 The Friday Post #39: Two Notable Blogs, Chameleons, Guitars and Drunks « EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:40:14 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100#comment-7589 [...] An interesting scientific project from MIT called the Chameleon Guitar, described by its’ creators as a “physical heart in a digital instrument”.  Here [...] [...] An interesting scientific project from MIT called the Chameleon Guitar, described by its’ creators as a “physical heart in a digital instrument”.  Here [...]

]]> Comment on #25 RoboScooter by Ana http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=31&cpage=1#comment-7475 Ana Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:49:59 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=31#comment-7475 Is it already available? How much it is? Do you distribute in Mexico City? Thanks Ana Is it already available? How much it is?
Do you distribute in Mexico City?
Thanks
Ana

]]> Comment on #36 extrACT by Susan Sabetta http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=69&cpage=1#comment-7420 Susan Sabetta Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:51:49 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=69#comment-7420 Recently I have had that unpleasant visit from a gas well lease door to door salesman. Our neighbor has decided to put a well in their backyard 100 ft. from our property. This street, we have lived on for 40+ yrs., bought the model home on and is dedicated / named after a patrolman who died in the line of duty on Christmas Eve. This inappropriate salesman did tell us that the well is going up wether we sign our mineral rights over or not. Now this prompted me into action. Why are these salesman allowed on our property? What are the regulations to their permits to solicitation? Why is our residential property being pushed in to industrial use? Why are the suburbs turning into the country? Why within the last two yrs. has our area been saturated with these gas wells? These questions set me on a door to door neighborly street consult. I did discover that no one on this street has enough information to make an informative decission let alone eccept money for selling out the other landowners connected to this lovely street now full of distrust and unrest among us where there was none. We believe seniors were preyed upon, adults were lied to and connected neighbors were ignored to make this proposed gas well a plan on our street. This is such a problem around Ohio that MIT came here and created a web based tool to keep neighborhoods informed. Since then hundreds of citizens have united to help one another through a project called NEOGAP. Northeast Ohio Gas Accountability Group. concerned here in Mayfield Hts. Ohio Susan and Chuck Sabetta Recently I have had that unpleasant visit from a gas well lease door to door salesman. Our neighbor has decided to put a well in their backyard 100 ft. from our property. This street, we have lived on for 40+ yrs., bought the model home on and is dedicated / named after a patrolman who died in the line of duty on Christmas Eve. This inappropriate salesman did tell us that the well is going up wether we sign our mineral rights over or not. Now this prompted me into action. Why are these salesman allowed on our property? What are the regulations to their permits to solicitation? Why is our residential property being pushed in to industrial use? Why are the suburbs turning into the country? Why within the last two yrs. has our area been saturated with these gas wells? These questions set me on a door to door neighborly street consult. I did discover that no one on this street has enough information to make an informative decission let alone eccept money for selling out the other landowners connected to this lovely street now full of distrust and unrest among us where there was none. We believe seniors were preyed upon, adults were lied to and connected neighbors were ignored to make this proposed gas well a plan on our street. This is such a problem around Ohio that MIT came here and created a web based tool to keep neighborhoods informed. Since then hundreds of citizens have united to help one another through a project called NEOGAP. Northeast Ohio Gas Accountability Group.
concerned here in Mayfield Hts. Ohio
Susan and Chuck Sabetta

]]> Comment on #24 Design and the Elastic Mind by keziayuuichi http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=30&cpage=1#comment-7393 keziayuuichi Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:57:38 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=30#comment-7393 that so cool... i like that.. :) that so cool… i like that.. :)

]]> Comment on #42 Chameleon Guitar by @rdjfraser http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100&cpage=1#comment-7391 @rdjfraser Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:08:49 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100#comment-7391 Wow, that is super cool. I really wish I had been dorky and smart enough to stick with math and end up at MIT. Keep the cool stuff coming! Wow, that is super cool. I really wish I had been dorky and smart enough to stick with math and end up at MIT.

Keep the cool stuff coming!

]]> Comment on #42 Chameleon Guitar by mike d. » Chameleon Guitar http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100&cpage=1#comment-7314 mike d. » Chameleon Guitar Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:49:11 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100#comment-7314 [...] Awesome Guitar Video. [...] [...] Awesome Guitar Video. [...]

]]> Comment on #38 Robots to the Rescue by David http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=77&cpage=1#comment-7243 David Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:21:30 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=77#comment-7243 I don't really get it. It looks like me the robots went inside and found people who were capable of getting out on their own. They served to show them the way out and not much else. It doesn't seem like enough to justify all that technology. I don’t really get it. It looks like me the robots went inside and found people who were capable of getting out on their own. They served to show them the way out and not much else. It doesn’t seem like enough to justify all that technology.

]]> Comment on #42 Chameleon Guitar by Chameleon Guitar from MIT Labs | mediarosa http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100&cpage=1#comment-7186 Chameleon Guitar from MIT Labs | mediarosa Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:09:28 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100#comment-7186 [...] made an effort to combine acoustic qualities and digital capabilities. Very cool. You can view the MIT Lab Cast video for an introduction to the concept, or jump over to Ars Electronica 2009 for more plus lots of [...] [...] made an effort to combine acoustic qualities and digital capabilities. Very cool. You can view the MIT Lab Cast video for an introduction to the concept, or jump over to Ars Electronica 2009 for more plus lots of [...]

]]> Comment on #39 Bokode by sandra407 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-7132 sandra407 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:36:48 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=86#comment-7132 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on #42 Chameleon Guitar by admin http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100&cpage=1#comment-7053 admin Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:41:04 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=100#comment-7053 The Chameleon Guitar is on exhibit at Ars Electronica Festival 2009 in Linz, Austria. For more info, visit: <a href rel="nofollow">http://www.aec.at/humannature/en/category/mit-medialab</a href> The Chameleon Guitar is on exhibit at Ars Electronica Festival 2009 in Linz, Austria. For more info, visit: http://www.aec.at/humannature/en/category/mit-medialab

]]> Comment on #41 Catalytic Cracking by admin http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=94&cpage=1#comment-6801 admin Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:52:35 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=94#comment-6801 Also see <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/07/19/what_can_failures_teach_us/" rel="nofollow">"What Can Failures Teach Us?"</a>, Andrew Lippman's op-ed in the Boston Globe, 7/19/09. Also see “What Can Failures Teach Us?”, Andrew Lippman’s op-ed in the Boston Globe, 7/19/09.

]]> Comment on #39 Bokode by Alistair http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-6593 Alistair Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:30:43 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=86#comment-6593 Agree with Martin. The killer app here is the reliable determination of position and angle. As such, this enables far more accurate motion capture. And if Nintendo aren't listening, they should be. This enables a far more accurate Wii Remote and Sensor Bar. (The Wii Remote determines its angle and distance to the TV by using an infrared camera to detect a couple of infrared LEDs in the Sensor Bar. With bokodes, they could simply look at a bokode embedded in the Sensor Bar and figure it out from there.) Agree with Martin. The killer app here is the reliable determination of position and angle. As such, this enables far more accurate motion capture.

And if Nintendo aren’t listening, they should be. This enables a far more accurate Wii Remote and Sensor Bar. (The Wii Remote determines its angle and distance to the TV by using an infrared camera to detect a couple of infrared LEDs in the Sensor Bar. With bokodes, they could simply look at a bokode embedded in the Sensor Bar and figure it out from there.)

]]> Comment on #40 Future of News by admin http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-6444 admin Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:08:02 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=90#comment-6444 A <a href="http://www.newschallenge.org/news/news-experiments-to-help-transform-community-life" rel="nofollow"> list of the 2009 Knight News Challenge winners is available</a> from the newschallenge.org website. A list of the 2009 Knight News Challenge winners is available from the newschallenge.org website.

]]> Comment on #40 Future of News by Sue Cotten http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=90&cpage=1#comment-6443 Sue Cotten Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:49:00 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=90#comment-6443 Is it possible to get a list of the projects that were showcased and the contact information about the presenters? Several of these ideas might be a good fit as a pilot for our community and I'd like to follow-up and explore possibilities. Is it possible to get a list of the projects that were showcased and the contact information about the presenters? Several of these ideas might be a good fit as a pilot for our community and I’d like to follow-up and explore possibilities.

]]> Comment on #25 RoboScooter by Defiterka http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=31&cpage=1#comment-6417 Defiterka Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:24:46 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=31#comment-6417 И придратся не к чему, а я так люблю покритиковать... И придратся не к чему, а я так люблю покритиковать…

]]> Comment on #39 Bokode by Martin Briley http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=86&cpage=1#comment-6410 Martin Briley Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:56:13 +0000 http://labcast.media.mit.edu/?p=86#comment-6410 Hm, the main benefit to this appears to be its small size and 3-D spatial data. If you don't need either of those things, this doesn't appear to provide any advantage over regular visible codes. And it also requires a lens in front of it to work, and either a backlight or a rear reflector. So a lot of the possible uses people have cited above (magazines, E-mail, other routine object identification) are either impossible, impractical, or offer no advantage over a plain old barcode. Hm, the main benefit to this appears to be its small size and 3-D spatial data. If you don’t need either of those things, this doesn’t appear to provide any advantage over regular visible codes. And it also requires a lens in front of it to work, and either a backlight or a rear reflector. So a lot of the possible uses people have cited above (magazines, E-mail, other routine object identification) are either impossible, impractical, or offer no advantage over a plain old barcode.

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